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Remove Background

In many reason you may need to change your picture background. There are many ways in Photoshop to extract picture from object. But the most effective way to do this is clipping path. Today I am going to tell you how to extract image from object step by step. If you are completely beginner don’t worry, you can also do this if you follow this.

Get Started

As long as you may have any version of Photoshop like CS5, CS6 or CC. You need to open your Photoshop in your pc. After that open an image that you want to remove background. You may open it via open tab from file menu.

When you open this you will see many tools in left side in your Photoshop select pen tool. Don’t worry if you don’t identify it .I will help you. Pen tools look like fountain pen or older pen. In pen tools you will find many tools but you will select on top tool name pen tool.

Placing Anchor Points:

In the any edge of your picture from where you want to extract your picture put the tool, release the mouse button. After a certain distance click again on the edge and this time hold and drag your mouse pointer. Once you see the outline is exactly on the edge of the image, release the mouse. Do the same process until you end up at the point where you started your path. Once you see the starting point, click on it to close the path,

Now this time you need to do the same task for each gap of the image .Select an edge and continue do this until you reach starting point

After finishing drawing paths all around the edge of the image you want, you need to apply clipping path on it in order to get the background removed. For doing this go to the path palette, located under “Window” menu called “Paths”. Now you will see the paths you just have created are in “Work Path”, double click on it and give it a name. This way your path is saved. See the image below

Note: If you need to add or remove anchor point from any edge of the picture you just click add or delete anchor point from the pen tools and put it on the edge where you want to add or delete it.

Now click on the pop up menu in your path layer, and choose clipping path. Once the clipping path window is opened, you can just click ok, or put any amount of softness in the flat area – this is required when your image has a soft edge – otherwise leave it blank.

You are almost done. Now, if you save this and place other you will find that background is removed

Once you have a completed path that you want to use to remove the background, bring the path and layer palette from the window menu.

To select the path, press and hold the Ctrl key in your keyboard and click on the path in your path palette.

Press and hold the Ctrl in your keyboard + press the J in your keyboard. This way you get a new layer which contains only the object that was inside the path.

Take the background layer off. You are done, now the main object remains by itself with a transparent background.

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A Starter Guide to Photoshop CS6 Part -1

In our daily life and professional life in many cases we need to use photo. Sometimes we need to edit our photo. In modern world there are many photo editing software from this adobe Photoshop is still one of the most renowned photo editing software. Adobe Photoshop changes its version regularly to keep pace with people’s demand, necessity. In its many version today we are going to discuss adobe Photoshop CS6. This version is added many new features. We will try to introduce its tools and feature part by part. Lets introduce some of its tool today

Move tool

The Rectangular marquee tool

The elliptical marquee tool

The single row marquee tool

The single column marquee tool

This tools are very first step at Photoshop but it will help you to know other tools easily and it is important tool in Photoshop

Toolbar is generally located left page although it can be changed in settings menu according to user preference.

Users have option of having it extended or compact mode. See the image below.

Extended mode toolbar:

Compact mode toolbar:

The Move Tool

The move tool is located on the top toolbar. You can also find it shortcut key “V” on your keyboard.

To use the move tool is as simple. Selecting it with a left mouse click and then clicking and dragging the image you want to move.

For an example, perhaps you have an image of a bicycle in a different layer over a white background image layer. Clicking and dragging the bicycle will move it without affecting the white image having it.

The Rectangular Marquee Tool

Besides the move tool on top you will find another icon. When you click the black portion a drop menu will appear in front of you. Here on top you will find rectangular marquee tool.The shortcut key is “M”

By clicking and dragging it on your workplace you will be able to select a portion or whole portion of your image. If any one want to select an portion then rectangular marquee tool is their first choice.

The elliptical marquee tool

This tool can be found under rectangular Marquee tool and the shortcut is also same “M”. The task is also same but difference is it can select as a circular not rectangular. You may edit this selection portion via edit menu.

The single row marquee tool

This tool can be found same way of marquee tool but this tool has no shortcut key.

To use this tool, you’ll want to click once on the screen . A row of marching ants will be created across the x-axis of the pixel you clicked on, from one side of the screen to the other. , this tool is most commonly used to make lines across the screen.

The single column marquee tool

Like single row column tool this tool also is found in same drop down menu. It has also no shortcut key to use.

By selecting this tool, you will be able to click a pixel having vertical line appear down the screen across the pixel you selected.

If you want to create wide-pixel vertical line in your image, this is an easy way to do this